Employee Stories – Alan Brady

EMPLOYEE STORIES – ALAN BRADY

With 25 years’ service under his belt, Alan Brady notes he’s been with Active slightly longer than he’s been married to his wife, and he puts his lengthy career down to the company culture.

“I enjoy the challenge Active provides and it’s been just been a great company to work for,” he says. “I’ve been with them here on the Central Coast since day dot.”

These days Alan works from home as the Commercial Operations Manager for the region, making contact with potential clients, quoting jobs, organising work and overseeing a “good crew with vast experience in the tree industry”.

But in a career that’s spanned a quarter of a century he’s served a variety of roles, starting out as a climber and “jack of all trades” before progressing to EWP operator, chipper and supervisor.

The former Queenslander, who’s keen to point out his Maroons and Bronco allegiance, first came south to assist cleaning up earthquake damage around Newcastle in the 1990s. At the time he was a boiler make by trade who had a few years tree work under his belt, clocked up in the Noosa hinterland.

“I spent a couple of years cleaning up earthquake damage then Active began to advertise for their new Central Coast contract,” he explains.

Since joining Active, natural disasters have been a regular part of the job, with the storms of 2007, 2011 and 2015 all incurring large amounts of work in the area.

Avid golfer Alan Brady

“Storms can generate up to 18 months of work. It’s massive!”

While intensive, they’re not the most memorable moments of his time on the job. That mantle goes to a task conducted during his role as a supervisor on the Energy Australia contract prior to 2000.